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Analyzing the Functions of Mast Cells In Vivo Using 'Mast Cell Knock-in' Mice
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Mast cell deficiency, a game of kit and mouse
Howard R Katz1, K Frank Austen
1Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Immunity
|November 29, 2011
Abstract:
Defining mast cell (MC) function has been clouded by use of mice with Kit mutations. In this and a previous issue of Immunity, two studies (Dudeck et al., 2011; Feyerabend et al., 2011) clarify MC function by using two unique mouse models.
